Little girl so all alone in her fathers eyes so cold
All her dreams turn to escape but there's nowhere she can go.
Every night she hides from him trying not to set him off.
Although she knows not what she's done, she knows that she will pay the cost.

Hope he's not in a bad mood.
Hope he's not been drinking.
See him coming from across the room
And I feel my stomach sinking.

Through the years she told no one for fear what he would do.
And when she finally told someone, they didn't believe that it was true.
She knew his rage would come again, she could see it in his face.
All her innicence is gone; there's a numbness in its place.

Hope he's not in a bad mood.
Hope he's not been drinking.
See him coming from across the room
And I feel my stomach sinking.

This time her father's beast had come and there's nothing she could do.
Lifeless body spread on the ground and she never would come to.
If only someone had listened to her and believed what she had said.
Things might not have turned out this way and she might not be dead.

Hope he's not in a bad mood.
Hope he's not been drinking.
See him coming from across the room
And I feel my stomach sinking.